--- title: PWAs as URL Handlers | daily.dev description: PWA as URL Handlers is part of the capabilities project and is currently in development. Let installed PWA handle URLs for a more integrated experience. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pwas-as-url-handlers-aynhdu72d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PWAs as URL Handlers | daily.dev og:description: PWA as URL Handlers is part of the capabilities project and is currently in development. Let installed PWA handle URLs for a more integrated experience. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pwas-as-url-handlers-aynhdu72d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ayNhdU72D.png og:image:alt: PWAs as URL Handlers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PWAs as URL Handlers **[web.dev](https://daily.dev/sources/web)** · 15 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary PWA as URL Handlers is part of the capabilities project and is currently in development. Let installed PWA handle URLs for a more integrated experience. The feature is limited to desktop operating systems like Windows, macOS, and Linux. The origin trial is expected to end in Chromium 97 (January 26, 2022) ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 2 upvotes > URL handlers are great for opening similar links on the installed PWA rather than in a new browser tab. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pwas-as-url-handlers-aynhdu72d) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"PWAs as URL Handlers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pwas-as-url-handlers-aynhdu72d","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pwas-as-url-handlers-aynhdu72d"},"datePublished":"2021-06-03T07:50:46.629Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"PWA as URL Handlers is part of the capabilities project and is currently in development. 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